THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



President: T. A. Havemeyer 



Vice-President: N. L. Britton, Jas. W. Cromwell, E. B. 

 South wick. 



Treasurer: F. R. Newbold. 



Secretary : George V. Nash. 



Chairman of the Board :F. R. Pierson. 



The permanent fund is now $41, 247. 93. 



The following meetings have been held by the society, those 

 from May to September at the New York Botanical Garden, 

 the remainder at the American Museum of Natural History. 



May 8, 1920. Annual meeting. A lecture in the Garden 

 course by Dr. W. A. Murrill, "Class motives in Primitive and 

 Egyptian Decorative Art." 



June 12. A lecture in the Garden course by Mr. John C. Wister. 

 "The History and Development of the Iris." 



Aug. 21. A lecture in the Garden course by Dr. W. A. Murrill, 

 "How to Know, Gather and Cook the Puffballs." 



Sept. 25. A lecture in the Garden course by Dr. M. A. Howe 

 on "Dahlias and their Culture." 



Oct. 20. A lecture by Mrs. Chas. H. Stout on "How to grow 

 the largest Dahlia Blooms." 



Nov. 17. Lecture by Miss Marion C. Coffin on "Garden 

 Harmony and Succession in Planting." 



Dec. 15. Lecture by Mr. Richard Rothe on " Rock Gardens." 



Jan. 19, 1921. Lecture by Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy on 

 "Gladioli and their Culture." 



Feb. 16. Lecture by Mr. Herbert K. Job on "How to Attract 

 and Propagate Wild Birds." 



March 16. Lecture "Mr, C. E. Hunn on Propagation and 

 Care of Shrubbery." 



April 20. Lecture by Mrs. Wm. A. Hutcheson on "The 

 Flower Garden." 



The following exhibitions were held, those from May to Sept- 

 ember at the New York Botanical Garden. The remainder, 

 except the Spring Show, at the American Museum of Natural 

 History. 



May 8 and 9, 1920. In connection with the annual meeting. 



May 22 and 23. A special exhibition. 



June 12 and 13. Rose and Peony show. 



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